What a stack! Well I like it. All my books in one tidy pile, I think I'm mostly excited by how tidy this is! #peopleofabandonedcharacter #thegoneandtheforgotten #poorgirls #crimefiction #books #criminalwomen

Two of my books in Waterstones in Aviemore! A place I love too in Scotland. Thanks to @murph_cc for sending this on! Happy Monday. #peopleofabandonedcharacter #thegoneandtheforgotten #crimefiction #books #aviemore #scotland

Last week as I was lurking and bothering Heidi Perks! (she didn't run away screaming it was ok). I stumbled across this fine book - invaluable #research when I was working on #PoorGirls. #brianmcdonald #aliceandthefortyelephants

I still like to ruin books with my signature - you never know I might be big when I'm dead (or go on a crime rampage!) #peopleofabandonedcharacter #jacktheripper #victorian #gothic #amwriting #books #amwritingcrime

Last night I had the pleasure of waiting in line to get a signed copy of #itendshere the latest book by Heidi Perks - I lurked and bothered her afterwards! Was a great event at #Waterstones in #Whiteley @waterstoneswhiteley @heidiperks_author @jade.tuesday #crimefiction #bookevent

A reminder that this #peopleofabandonedcharacter is on promotion on kindle. Susannah is a nurse working at the London Hospital in the 1880s when she meets a surgeon who offers a better life and a big dose of pedestal treatment - and she falls for it. #kindle #jacktheripper #neglect

José is pleased when I have copyedits as I go dark on society and become a track-suited hermit and that means treats, walks and snuggles on the sofa. Copyedits for book 4 nearly done! #amwriting #books #hampshirewriter #dogs #labrador #blacklabrador

What better way to recover post Easter bank holiday - than losing yourself in a gothic crime story! People of Abandoned Character is on promo on kindle - #kindle #promotion #gothicfiction #gothiccrime #jacktheripper #whitechapel #crimefiction #peopleofabandonedcharacter Tks to @bookboundbutterfly

Susannah is still going! I'm very proud of #peopleofabandonedcharacter and I loved Susannah who was wonderfully conflicted and flawed - like a real person! I have been slow writing & reading of late, but I'm desperate to read something punches me in the face. #gothiccrime #jacktheripper #writing

Good morning Tuesday. I do actually mix with other people (humans) its just that I like this person best! #dog #labrador #blacklab #writersfriend I've never written a chapter by chapter outline before - its hard. it feels like writing a script treatment a bit! #outline #chapters #amwriting #books

Spot the labraseal! I am currently working up a chapter by chapter outline for book 5. I've not done this is much detail before but I really want to get this right. But if this one doesn't come off I have others! #dogs #writerslife #amwriting #gothiccrime #crimefiction #darkstories #labrador

I love to see my books out in the world! I can't wait to get back out travelling about as much as flipping Susannah from #peopleofabandonedcharacter does! Thanks to @phoenixsham for this one! #gothicfiction #victorianlondon #jacktheripper

It'll be March very soon! The sun is trying to get out! Hang on in there! Hope is an act of rebellion! Here's a picture of the best boy! #labrador #hope

Got invited to go an event on young people and access to outdoor education and its impact on social mobility at the House of Commons the other week. Heard the revolutionary notion that profit and purpose do not have to be mutually exclusive! #houseofcommons #socialvalue #socialmobility #london

Rediscovered this fantastic book by #amystewart used for #thegoneandtheforgotten There's million ways to take people down, no wonder old folk love hanging about garden centres - its entirely unregulated!! mum always asked why I could write romance.#wickedplants #thegoneandtheforgotten #plants

I mean, I had hoped to meet someone who adored me at some stage in my life, I suppose a dog will do! Actually he'll more than do. His breath smells but he has good intentions #puppy #dog #blacklab

Bit late but a shot of me and my sisters from my big sisters birthday lunch in Clapham! I think they like me, not sure why they are holding onto each other like I've taken them hostage!

Happy Monday! Feeling the need to rebel? Why not indulge your criminal inclinations by losing yourself in the rip roaring shenanigans of The Forty Elephants #poorgirls #thefortyelephants #athousandblows #girlgang #badgirls

Feels like a good time to repost this amazing book, Traitors by Josh Ireland. I loved it. The reality is traitors always think of themselves as the true patriots. Which this book illuminates in a much better way than I am doing now! #traitors #patriotism #joshireland #history #truecrime #amreading

This was taken a few years back in Shetland in research for #thegoneandtheforgotten I am glad I bent my wrist in this photo, otherwise it would be getting a bit Leni Riefenstahl #crimefiction #crimewriter #shetland #thegoneandtheforgotten

It does look like José is having an existential crisis here or in Amsterdam. He's not he's under the patio heater at the pub - his happy place. Either that or he's been reading the news - don't do it, José, there's nothing you can do. Stay ignorant. #existential #crisis #news #whatshappenednow

The Gone and The Forgotten - someone told me the other day this was their favourite book of mine! Thanks Jade! It was based in Shetland which is a beautiful place and I really long to go back and hunker down by Jimmy's house again! #shetland #thegoneandtheforgotten #plants #twisted #crime

This popped up from when Caitlin was about 5 I think? Still way cooler than anyone else and its giving Courtney/Kurt 90s grunge vibes 😘 #90s #grunge #hole #courtneylove

Can't believe its been well over a year since #poorgirls came out! I think its quite the time for a bunch of ambitious and rebellious young women to decide who they want to be rather than be told to be obedient and pleasing - pleasing to whom!? #crimefiction #thefortyelephants #badgirls #girlgang

I think everyone should know that when they shout at me that this who they are shouting at! Although maybe I'm more like the bunny from the Monty Python film. Was it The Holy Grail!? I think we need a new generation of monty python esque comedy. #bunny #montypython #comedy #youmadebunnycry

Pretty sure it was a year ago or so I made it all the way to the BBC! I peaked I believe! Got to talk about Poor Girls and The Forty Elephants on Woman's Hour. @pollyreadsbooks #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #thefortyelephants #crimefiction #athousandblows #bbc #womanshour #peaked

As found in Southampton ! Come on! I must have at least THIS many friends who I can guilt into buying a hardback of #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #thefortyelephants #athousandblows #southampton #waterstones

This flagged up from a year or so ago and it reminded me of how much Caitlin hated my short fringe. I've had some other feedback, apparently its the fringe of a crazy woman! I love that! Do you mean crazy, or one not socially conditioned to meet others needs at the expense of her own #hair #fringe

Here's a picture of a lovely donkey for your timeline. If it weren't for the money would we not all be skipping around the forest dancing with squirrels and forest dwelling creatures making wind chimes out of bark? Just me? #nature #donkey

Not sure about anyone else, but I'm not much liking this new 2026 boxset called reality. However, its very book 4! Which I'm really hoping to be able to share more about soon. Have you ever suffered the feeling of cruel bullying treated as if entirely normal #denial #narcissim #scapegoat #gothic

Been lurking in graveyards again! Maybe I'll meet some dark romantic soul here who also loves to lurk about graves! Sounds like hassle tbh and knowing my luck I'd end up meeting Ed Gein, its ok! I can change him! #netley #victoriacountrypark #dogwalks #labrador #dog

This is badnam creek. I love this place its possibly my favourite place on earth. It gives me eerie vibes and the water is green and I've always been a sucker for green water (?) I once based a short story on a murder here... I think I called it Green Soup 😊 #walks #creek #bursledon #badnamcreek

This has to be the most exotic adventure Prue has been on! on the way to Mumbai, India... thank you! #thegoneandtheforgotten #india #mumbai for a book set in Shetland that's not bad! #shetland #crimefiction

Love this photo! Taken at Victoria Country Park and #Netley Military Hospitals Cemetery, full of #commonwealth graves and lots of beguiling stories from the past. I did include this place in Poor Girls, briefly, as the hospital in which Nell's dad was sent after he was injured in WW1. #poorgirlsbook

Happy new year 🥳 to all! May your year start like josé’s, with light, snuggles and snoozies 🖤

Happy new year 🥳 to all! May your year start like josé’s, with light, snuggles and snoozies 🖤

So many years ago! I think about 17!!! Cripes! And check out the upside down tree! (it was space saving and actually historically accurate I think you'll find. #christmas #memories #xmas

Hung out with a bunch of women in a rather epic yurt for Winter Solstice. I had a great time! May join coven, any one know of a local one? What harm can it do!? #yoga #wintersoltice #yurt #christmas

What would I do without this queen! We had a nice amble around Winchester like ladies, but don't believe it, she's an animal! Jokes. Thanks for listening to me wang on and putting up with my ugly snot crying. Merry Christmas to all! Especially beloved friends #mates #christmas #holidays #friends

He came running over like a puppy! I love him! I'm in love. I shall call him, Ned. He's just so friendly #sundayvibes #mylovelyhorse #horse #swanwickshore

Haha this flashed up from when I went to Waves of Nostalgia in Haworth! I love it! Makes me look like a wanted fugitive and a member of the Forties! I only wish I had their lady balls! #thefortyelephants #poorgirlsbook Really enjoyed the event and met lots of lovely people. #crimewave #haworth

Currently being modelled by the beautiful @mrs.lovely24 in the archipelago in Sweden. #sweden #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #crime #criminalwomen #thefortyelephants #girlgang #womenincrime

I had no idea that The Old Swan Hotel, the venue for Harrogate Crime Festival, was where Agatha Christie holed up in hiding when she went missing in 1926, sparking a huge missing persons case. #agathachristie #theoldswan #mystery #harrogate #northyorkshire #manhunt

Another one of me from Harrogate! Just before the author dinner, taken by the lovely Carmel Harrington, @happymrsh #theakstonscrime #authordinner #harrogatecrime #theoldswan #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #thefortyelephants

As spotted in Helsinki, Finland in a library - I'm thrilled! #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #criminallygood #books #bookrecommendations #crimefiction #finland #helsinki @markdcgriffin sent the pic on his glamourous travels! Thank you 🖤

Thank you to @nairobi70sgirl for the intriguing photo - Very Nell scoping out a target! #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #twenties #crime #girlgang #criminallygood #criminalwomen #books #bookreview

This was just before they opened the doors for the author hosted dinner! I had a wonderful time and was very lucky to have great guests on my table! I added zero value in the murder mystery though #harrogate #theoldswan #murdermystery #TheakstonsCrime #TheakstonsCrime2025

Good to see Susannah still lurking around, #peopleofabandonedcharacter #gothic #victorian #waterstones #whiteley #bookrecommendations

We've been lurking in graveyards again! But this one is especially pretty and has graves from the 1600s! Going away soon on my solo trip to Greece and I'm excited but haven't told this boy yet I'm going away with out him... #graveyards #cemetarybotherer #gravebotherer #dogs #labrador #blacklab

Really trying not to read too much while trying to write my own! Sometimes its a bit impossible to work, write and read and then sleep / eat as well. Anyway, this book made it easy as it was amazing and a full 5 stars from me! #greatandhorriblenews #blessinadams #bookrecommendation #history